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On this day, January 29, 1979, Brenda Spencer said "I don't like Mondays. This livens up the day."
Hat tip, This Day in Music
What Happened Today In Music
January 29th
1979 - Boomtown Rats
16-year-old Brenda Spencer killed two people and wounded nine others when she fired from her house across the street onto the entrance of San Diego's Grover Cleveland Elementary School. Spencer fired the shot's from a .22-caliber rifle her father had given her for Christmas. When asked why she did it, she answered 'I don't like Mondays.' The Boomtown Rats went on to write and recorded a song based on the event.
January 29th
1979 - Boomtown Rats
16-year-old Brenda Spencer killed two people and wounded nine others when she fired from her house across the street onto the entrance of San Diego's Grover Cleveland Elementary School. Spencer fired the shot's from a .22-caliber rifle her father had given her for Christmas. When asked why she did it, she answered 'I don't like Mondays.' The Boomtown Rats went on to write and recorded a song based on the event.
Cleveland Elementary School shooting (San Diego)
Not to be confused with Cleveland Elementary School shooting (Stockton).
Location: San Diego, California
Date: January 29, 1979
Target: Students and faculty at Grover Cleveland Elementary School
Weapons: Ruger 10/22 semi-automatic .22 caliber rifle
Deaths: 2
Injured: 9
Perpetrator: Brenda Spencer
The Cleveland Elementary School shooting is a school shooting that took place on January 29, 1979, at a public elementary school in San Diego, California, United States. The principal and a custodian were killed; eight children and police officer Robert Robb were injured. A 16-year-old girl, Brenda Spencer, who lived in a house across the street from the school, was convicted of the shootings. Charged as an adult, she pleaded guilty to two counts of murder and assault with a deadly weapon, and was sentenced to life in prison with a chance of parole after 25 years. as of January 2022, she remains in prison. She will be eligible for parole in September 2022.
A reporter reached Spencer by phone while she was still in the house after the shooting, and asked her why she committed the crime. She reportedly answered: "I don't like Mondays. This livens up the day," which inspired Bob Geldof and Johnnie Fingers to write the Boomtown Rats song "I Don't Like Mondays".
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Not to be confused with Cleveland Elementary School shooting (Stockton).
Location: San Diego, California
Date: January 29, 1979
Target: Students and faculty at Grover Cleveland Elementary School
Weapons: Ruger 10/22 semi-automatic .22 caliber rifle
Deaths: 2
Injured: 9
Perpetrator: Brenda Spencer
The Cleveland Elementary School shooting is a school shooting that took place on January 29, 1979, at a public elementary school in San Diego, California, United States. The principal and a custodian were killed; eight children and police officer Robert Robb were injured. A 16-year-old girl, Brenda Spencer, who lived in a house across the street from the school, was convicted of the shootings. Charged as an adult, she pleaded guilty to two counts of murder and assault with a deadly weapon, and was sentenced to life in prison with a chance of parole after 25 years. as of January 2022, she remains in prison. She will be eligible for parole in September 2022.
A reporter reached Spencer by phone while she was still in the house after the shooting, and asked her why she committed the crime. She reportedly answered: "I don't like Mondays. This livens up the day," which inspired Bob Geldof and Johnnie Fingers to write the Boomtown Rats song "I Don't Like Mondays".
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Mon Jan 29, 2024: On this day, January 29, 1979, Brenda Spencer said "I don't like Mondays. This livens up the day."
Sat Jan 29, 2022: On this day, January 29, 1979, Barbara Spencer said "I don't like Mondays. This livens up the day."
{edited: Spencer, not Spence. Thanks to Jilly_in_VA}
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